Platform Safety Measures

Masaya Fujita Transport Safety Department East Railway Company Contents

Overview of JR East Platform accidents Physical measures to prevent platform accidents Awareness-rising activities Conclusion Overview of JR East Overview of JR East

Japanese National Railways Passenger Transport Companies (JNR) 1) JR Hokkaido 2) JR East Transferred in April 1987 3) JR Central 4) JR West 5) JR Shikoku 6) JR Kyushu JNR Settlement Corporation

JR Hokkaido Japan Freight Railway Company Territorial division Railway Information System Company

JR West Railway Technical Research Institute JR East JR Kyushu JR Central Telecomunication,etc JR Shikoku Overview of JR East

We own all the infrastructure of railway, operate and maintain as full integration railway model.

Infrastructure

Operation and Maintenance

Tokyo Titre de la présentation | Prénom NOM, fonction Overview of JR East

We own and operate and High-speed all categories of passenger railway transport.

About 7,500 km Integrated Railway Network 57,000 employees Passengers: 17 mil. /day

Tokyo Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Regional Overview of JR East

Tokyo

Takasaki Line Utsunomiya Utsunomiya Oyama Metropolitan Area Line Koga Konosu Kawagoe Tsuchiura Network Line Tohoku Kawagoe freight Line Komagawa Joban Line Toride Omiya Musashino Saikyo Line Ome Line Line Abiko Hachiko Minami-Urawa ☆ No. of lines Line Musashiu Ome rawa ･･ 25 lines Musashi- Akabane Ayase Joban-local Line Itsukaichi Yamanote ☆ Haijima Chuo-local Line Line Shin-Matsudo Length of operating lines Chuo Line Tachikawa Otsuki Ikebukuro Nishi- Ueno Sobu rapid ･･ 1,088km Hachioji Mitaka Kokubunji Line Shinjuku Kinshicho Nishi- Takao Nambu Funabashi Narita ☆ No. of passengers per day Fuchuhommachi Line Tokyo Sobu local Line ･･ Hashimoto Ebisu Narita Airport 13 million Line Osaki Sagami Shinagawa Kaihin- Sakura ☆ Tsudanuma Most frequent train operation Line Makuhari Keiyo ･･ Every 2 minute Tokaido freight Line Sobu Line Line Keihin Tohoku Kawasaki Line Ofuna Yokohama Chiba Tokaido Line Sotobo Yokosuka Soga Line Line Uchibo Chigasaki Line Hiratsuka Kazusa- Zushi Kimitsu Ichinomiya Odawara Yokosuka Overview of JR East

Ikebukuro Station Ikebukuro 563,000 passengers/day Big Stations Shinjuku Tokyo 766,000 394,000 passengers/day passengers/day in Tokyo Shibuya 426,000 Shinagawa passengers/day 328,000 passengers/day Platform accidents Platform accidents

(No. of cases)

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On Platform Platform accidents

Morning commuter rush hours at Shinjuku station Platform accidents Physical measures to prevent platform accidents Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Emergency alarm and train stop system

Platform screen door Braille blocks with indicating the inward side of platform Fall detection mats Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Emergency alarm and train stop system

372 Stations Train driver applies N o n emergency brake ATC z o n e s

In Emergency brake is ATC automatically applied z o n e s Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Fall detection mats 33 Stations Train driver applies N o n emergency brake ATC z o n e s

In Emergency brake is ATC automatically applied z o n e s Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Platform steps 161 Stations Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Braille blocks with indicating the inward side of platform

Conventional 471 Stations braille block Over 100,000 passengers/day → completely installed

Line side Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

Platform screen door 2010 : Install 2 stations on the 2016 : Install 24 stations out of 29 as a pilot project on the Yamanote line Physical measures to prevent platform accidents

New types of platform screen door

Lighter equipment Framed door Install at on the by the end of 2016 as a trial

Opening width: 2,800 mm

Simplified lower structure Simplified support structure ・ Wider opening than the conventional door ・ Reduce the cost ・ Shorten the construction period Awareness-rising activities Awareness-rising activities

Activities for making the emergency train stop button (emergency alarm and train stop system) well known

At events held by stations or JR East, we have set up a device that lets passengers experience an emergency train stop button. Awareness-rising activities

A campaign to prevent passengers from being caught by doors

・ To have people understand the risk of being caught by doors, where we ask them not to rush into a departing train or intentionally let their bag or umbrella get trapped by doors. ・ 100 km centered on Tokyo since 2014. ・ Station posters and in-car/station displays in April and May 2016 and featured the campaign on JR East’s official Facebook page. A campaign to Don’t use a smartphone while walking ・ To stop people from using a smartphone at stations while walking in cooperation with the Telecommunications Carriers Association and its participating mobile phone carriers In November 2015. ・ Arranging a collaboration with other railway companies for a campaign this year.

Now, we are in trouble in the Pokemon … Awareness-rising activities

Poster to stop dangerous photography on platforms

・ Potential risk of getting an electric shock and contact with a train or get others involved in an accident. ・ In multiple languages, namely Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. Conclusion Conclusion

Physical measures Awareness-rising activities

Steady and long-time approach is essential Thank you for your kindly attention